An obviously inexperienced man decided to try his hand at shooting what appeared to be an illegal sawed-off shotgun, and got exactly what you might expect an inexperienced person shooting a sawed-off shotgun to get — a painful dose of reality.

In a video uploaded to All Weapons Legacy’s Facebook page, the unidentified young man held the shotgun with one arm, aimed and pulled the trigger. Needless to say, the recoil of the gun was much more powerful than he expected — if he expected anything at all. The shot forced the gun out of the man’s hand, and the gun ended up hitting him in the face.

The man also almost lost his footing. He promptly dropped the gun and reached for his face, which was no doubt in serious pain.

Someone in the video is heard laughing, but situations like this are not a laughing matter.

The lesson in this video is obvious. Guns are not toys and should be handled with respect.

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There are also other serious issues on display in this video, including the fact that the man appeared to be shooting his gun in a neighborhood setting.

Not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, this guy. You have to wonder what he was thinking when he decided to pull this stunt. Maybe he wasn’t thinking at all.

People like this man are unmistakably dangerous to themselves and those around them. There’s simply no excuse for this kind of behavior.

Idiots like this give Democrats more ammunition to push their gun control legislation. However, stricter gun control won’t prevent those who obtain weapons illegally from getting their weapons and doing something stupid with them, as this video clearly demonstrated.